After Bridgegate Verdict, Christie Comes Off As Guiltiest

Sitting in the courtroom through six weeks of testimony in the trial of two New Jersey public officials charged with jamming traffic for political purposes, sometimes I wondered how jurors could manage to comprehend what they were hearing. The prosecution told them a story of a convoluted conspiracy to commit a seemingly purposeless crime, while the defense displayed charts depicting Governor Chris Christie’s inner circle, shooting off arrows of conspiracy in all directions. But in the end, it seems, the jury kept its focus on just one of those arrows: the one pointing at David Wildstein, the mastermind of the plot, and the prosecution’s key witness. The jury chose to believe Wildstein, and voted for conviction on all counts today....
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